8x00 family of Disk Arrays 3.00.00 Installation and Reference Guide (AA-RW7SJ-TE, March 2008)

Contents

Aboutthisguide .......................... 7

Intendedaudience...................................... 7

Relateddocumentation.................................... 7

Documentconventionsandsymbols .............................. 8

HPtechnicalsupport..................................... 9

HP-authorizedreseller .................................... 9

Helpfulwebsites ...................................... 9

1 Installing the HP MPIO Full Featured DSM for EVA4x00/6x00/8x00 family

ofDiskArrays ........................... 11

Preparingforinstallation ................................... 11

InstallingHPMPIOEVADSM ................................ 12

InstallingHPMPIOEVADSMonstand-alonesystems.................... 12

Installing HP MPIO EVA DSM on cluster conﬁgurations ................... 13

UpgradingHPMPIOEVADSM ............................... 13

UpgradingHPMPIOEVADSMonstand-alonesystems ................... 13

Upgrading HP MPIO EVA DSM on cluster conﬁgurations................... 13

Migrating from Windows Server 2 0 03 to Windows Server 2008 with HP MPIO EVA DSM . . . . . . 14

RemovingHPMPIOEVADSM................................ 14

Usingsilentinstallation................................... 15

InstallingHPMPIOEVADSM .............................. 16

UpgradingHPMPIOEVADSM ............................. 17

RemovingHPMPIOEVADSM.............................. 17

Creating response ﬁlesforsilentmodeoperations ..................... 17

SettingupbootfromSAN.................................. 18

2SupportforloadbalancinginFailoverClusterServerenvironmentfor

Windows Server 2008 . ...................... 19

Recoveringinaccessiblediskdevices ............................. 19

3 Support for load balancing in Microsoft Cluster Server environment for

Windows Server 2003 . ...................... 21

EnablingsupportforloadbalancinginMSCSenvironments ................... 21

DisablingsupportforloadbalancinginMSCSenvironments................... 22

Recoveringinaccessiblediskdevices ............................. 23

4AdaptiveLoadbalance ..................... 25

5 Managing storage arrays using the H P MPIO EVA DSM with the CLI utilit y 27

hpdsmdevices ...................................... 27

hpdsmdevicesall ..................................... 28

hpdsmpathsdevice .................................... 28

hpdsmsetdevicepolicy .................................. 29

hpdsmsetdevicealb.................................... 30

hpdsmsetdevicepath ................................... 30

hpdsmcleanupdevice ................................... 30

hpdsmnotify ....................................... 31

HP MPIO Full Featured DSM for EVA4x00/6x00/ 8x00 family of Disk Arrays 3.0 0.00